Auction #94 WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

1989, Taras Shevchenko, 5k black, brown and light green, bottom sheet margin horizontal imperforated pair, printed on thick glossy paper, right has tiny wrinkle at top, no gum as produced, NH, VF, Est. $250-$300

1989, Soviet Circus, 1k-10k, imperforated complete set of five in horizontal sheet margin pairs, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF and rare, especially pairs of 3k and 5k, Est. $3,000-$4,000

1990, Poultry, 5k, 10k and 15k, imperforated complete set of three in vertical top right corner sheet margin pairs, right edge trimmed at right far away from the stamps, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $250-$300

1991, Cultural Heritage, 10k-30k, three-side sheet margin imperforated se-tenant strip of five (top part of a sheet), full OG, NH, VF and very rare, Est. $3,000-$4,000

VALUABLE MOSTLY MINT COLLECTION ON SCOTT PAGES: 1923-35, over 350 stamps (one used - peasant 15k lemon yellow), starting with the first definitive sets and Lenin Mourning issue, including practically all items from the end of 1920's and valuable sets of 1930's - such as Ethnographic, Lenin Mausoleum of 1934, Sverdlov-Nogin, First Decade without Lenin, Anti-War Propaganda, Engels, Moscow Spartakiad, Iranian Arts and etc., as well as semi-...

COLLECTION ON ILLUSTRATED PAGES: 1944-58, about 1000 mint stamps (no souvenir sheet) in clear mounts, well completed for ordinary material (no souvenir sheets and dozen of valuable sets), generally fresh condition, stamps have full original but in some cases glazed gum, a few stuck to mounts or have folded mounts, which adhered to body of stamps, most faultless and NH, F/VF, C.v. is about $6,000, Est. $1,000-$1,200

COLLECTION OF MINIATURE SHEETS: 1977-86, 38 miniature sheets of 8, 16 or 20 (Olympic Games of 1977), arranged by Scott Cat., including New Year, Fauna, Flora, Space and etc., all are in complete issues, except two loose Olympic sheets, nice and fresh quality group, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $600-$700

BALANCE OF A CONSIGNMENT: 1924-39, various definitive issues, including imperforated set of eight on wove improved paper (low values LH, 3r and 5r - NH), Telegraph building with watermark Lozenges (NH), issue of 1939 and nice range of postage due stamps, red and carmine surcharges, interesting shifts, especially on 5k and many more, full OG with many NH stamps, F/VF, Est. $150-$200

MODERN POSTAL HISTORY OF FORMER SOVIET UNION COUNTRIES: 1991-97, 168 postal history items, 3 miniature sheets and 147 local stamps, representing Soviet Union and Russia 72 covers or cards, Azerbaijan - 17, Belarus - 10, Georgia - 6, Kazakhstan - 10, Kyrgyzstan - 11, Moldova - 24, Tajikistan - 1, Uzbekistan - 17, in addition Western Army stamps of 1919, all arranged on well described pages, mostly VF, Est. $250-$300

1999, (Ostankino TV Tower), 30k in black only, printed on granite paper with microprint, central design is omitted (dark green color), bottom sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF and scarce, reportedly only two sheets of 100 were discovered, Est. $500-$600

2002, Sculpture ''Artemis with Deer'' at Palace Arkhangelskoye, 2r multicolored, self-adhesive stamp, complete pane of 12 (2x6), die cutting is inverted, backing paper is intact, NH, VF, Est. $300-$400

2006, Moscow Kremlin Museum, 5r x4 multicolored, imperforated complete set of four in right sheet margin blocks of four and imperforated souvenir sheet of 15r, all with full OG, NH, VF, Est. $400-$500